Baking Basics – Substitutes

After knowing about your oven and the basic tools you need for baking, you need to know about the substitutes for the ingredients. This will be so helpful if you live in a city (like Madurai where I live) that doesn’t have all the imported ingredients which we usually get in large cities. I usually go for home made ingredients if I don’t get them in my place. Some substitutions are quite easy to make while some like cheese substitutes can consume time. But if you are really crazy about baking just like me, then you would surely try these out.

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Hello Ma’m…. I m completely a biggener… So my questions might sound silly… But I really want to learn baking… So please help….do we get liquid glucose in the market… Or we should prepare it with the powder adding water…then what should be the measuremet?
I really want to try cream and ganache on cakes….is it possible to prepare them one day before… If yes then how to keep them safely in the fridge… and for how long they can be kept in the fridge… Please guide me…

Hi Deeksha, liquid glucose is not the powder mixed with water. It is a thick syrup which is readily available online. You get it in shops that sell bakery products. And for your other doubts, I would recommend you to go through my baking basics posts. I have explained every thing in detail.

Very useful post about substitutes. One stop page for everything I needed. For substituting butter you mention any vegetable oil. Could you please tell if sunflower oil is Ok or will it have any smell in the cake.
Thanks in advance